Ke Huy Quan is the frontrunner to win the Oscar for best supporting actor thanks to his performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which has already nabbed him prizes from the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards. The upcoming Academy Awards will cap a three-year journey Quan has taken with…
Michelle Yeoh Says Hollywood Questioned ‘If I Even Spoke English’ After 1997 Bond Film: ‘I Didn’t Work for Two Years’ Due to Stereotype Offers
Michelle Yeoh was already a star overseas by 1997 thanks to popular Hong Kong movies like “Police Story 3: Super Cop” and “Supercop 2,” but it wasn’t until the James Bond tentpole “Tomorrow Never Dies” opened that year that Yeoh had her Hollywood breakthrough. The actor played Wai Lin, a Chinese spy who is highly…
Music Industry Moves: Nashville’s Anzie Blue Reopens as Live Music Venue
Anzie Blue, the restaurant co-owned by Nashville powerhouses Marcie Allen (of MAC Present) and Derek Van Mol reopened Wednesdayas AB, a live music and event venue that is designed to be by locals, for locals. “AB is more than just a music venue – it’s a community space that welcomes everyone,” says Allen. “We wanted…
‘Tótem’ Review: Secrets Are Made and Truths Revealed at an Unforgettable Family Gathering
Presented largely from the point of view of two children, Mexican director Lila Avilés’ intimate, emotionally rich Berlin competition entry “Tótem” immerses audiences in a boisterous family gathering, where a handful of adult siblings have gathered to celebrate the birthday of their brother, a painter named Tonatiuh (Mateo Garcia). “Tona” is barely seen for most…
The Most Iconic Moments in ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Herstory: Masked Lip Syncs! Snatch Games! Self-Eliminations!
On Friday, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” will celebrate its 200th episode on MTV. The reality competition series that first aired on Logo TV in 2009 has transformed from the little engine that could to a global phenomenon. Now in its 15th season, “Drag Race” has brought drag queen vocabulary into mainstream vernacular — runways, lip syncs and…
NAACP Image Awards Cancels Friday Night Red Carpet Due to L.A. Flooding
The red carpet for the NAACP Image Award’s annual non-televised awards dinner was canceled on Friday night, due to flooding. The red carpet and black-tie dinner salutes a vast majority of the NAACP’s winners in categories that will not be televised during the live broadcast, hosted by Queen Latifah on Saturday night. The dinner, which…
‘Till the End of the Night’ Review: A Transgender Romance Meets a German Policier With Unconvincing Results
“Till the End of the Night” opens with what initially seems a Brechtian flourish: a nifty time-lapse shot of a bare shell of an apartment being painted, fitted, decorated and accessorized to an apparently lived-in state, as a vintage German torch song by Heidi Brühl crackles over the soundtrack. It’s not a film set being…
Berlin Breakout ‘Reality,’ Starring Sydney Sweeney, Acquired by HBO Films
Following a buzzy world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, HBO Films has acquired the U.S. rights to the docudrama “Reality,” starring Sydney Sweeney. In the film, directed by Tina Satter, Sweeney portrays Reality Winner, a woman convicted of leaking a confidential report on Russian election interference to the media. The film contains verbatim dialogue…
‘Dilbert’ Comic Strip Dropped by Newspapers Over Scott Adams ‘Racist Rant’
Scott Adams’ long-running “Dilbert” comic strip has been pulled by multiple newspapers after the cartoonist called Black Americans a “hate group” and urged white people to “get the fuck away” from Black people in a YouTube video. On Friday, in response to Adams’ comments, Cleveland’s The Plain Dealer announced that “Dilbert” will no longer be…
Niecy Nash-Betts, Angela Bassett, Gina Prince-Bythewood Take Trophies at NAACP Image Awards Non-Televised Dinner
The show continued on at the 54th Annual NAACP Image Awards despite an emergency flash flood warning and a torrential downpour effectively stopping the awards show red carpet. Attendees made the trip through the pouring rain to make the show, carefully treading through the rain-soaked pink carpet to find their seats at the L.A. Live…